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Shuffle Master, Inc. today announced that the Company will form a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Shuffle Up Productions, Inc.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno is dazzling with a $75,000 Diamond Giveaway through April 2 that will award Hearts on Fire, Scott Kay and other dazzling diamond jewelry.

Membership in the Gaming Standards Association continues to grow worldwide, and the organization is proud to welcome its newest Platinum Member, the Genting Group, the leading casino operator in the Asia Pacific region.

The Las Vegas City Council is expected to delay voting on a measure that could relieve Boyd Gaming of its obligation to build a parking garage on city land it bought for $1 in 1994.

The board of directors of Harrah's Entertainment declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 33 cents per share, payable February 23, 2005, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 9, 2005.

Full House Resorts, Inc. reports that Greg Violette has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and James D. Meier has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer effective immediately.

Wynn Las Vegas, the new $2.7 billion resort from developer Steve Wynn, is now taking guest reservations.

Caesars Entertainment now expects that adjusted earnings per fully diluted share for the fourth quarter, which ended December 31, will be within a range of $0.07 to $0.09.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno will usher in a year of good luck and fortune with the eighth annual Chinese New Year Lion Dance Saturday, February 12 at 2 p.m.

Local Las Vegas cable subscribers will no longer be able to see GSN in its usual spot on the cable lineup.

The new Renaissance Las Vegas may be a nongaming hotel, but its owners admit it was a gamble to build it.

Independence Air, a small regional airline based at Washington's Dulles International Airport, is hoping the popularity of Las Vegas will help jump-start the carrier's westward push.

Two Las Vegas properties have joined 22 others from Nevada on AAA's Four Diamond Award list.

In the 15 or so years that Ellis Island Casino & Brewery executive Karen Dorsey has worked for owner Gary Ellis, several developers have approached the casino with plans to redevelop the 36-year-old property.

A prominent Washington think tank is warning U.S. municipalities to be leery of building new or larger convention halls because of recent and projected reductions in the nation's trade show industry.

IGT and Scientific Games Corporation have agreed to formalize terms for a worldwide, long-term strategic alliance to jointly provide products for the converging gaming market.

News Brief: International Game Technology is expected to earn 33 cents per share, flat with a year ago, on revenues of $613 million, up 1 percent, according to the average estimates of analysts polled by Thomson Fist Call.

The Venetian and Wynn Las Vegas will raise the bar in their use of private gaming salons to attract high rollers, a gaming regulator said.

John Yaskin, who is credited with expanding the customer base of Caesars Palace during a 14-year tenure at the Strip resort, died Monday evening after suffering from cancer for nearly a year.

Despite cancellation of the once-giant technology trade show that brought more than 200,000 visitors to town as recently as November 2000, Las Vegas’ leisure and convention travel industries hardly missed a beat.